Jaco Botes

About Jaco Botes

Engineer who is a technology strategist and team culture evangelist, user advocate…

Experience

1. Associate Director, Product Managment Cloud and Iot

   Iridium

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Chief Cloud Product Strategist – Focus on building on the foundations established in Iridium services to create a world-class implementation of cloud alliances and implementation strategies. Work with the executive team to define the short- and long-term initiatives that make Iridium a leader in cloud enablement. Develop a framework for the evolution of capabilities through internal and external partnerships. Serve as AWS alliance lead for Iridium’s cloud strategy for internal OT systems and partner and customer cloud native solution support. Drove Iridium AWS Independent Software Vendor verification and Qualified Software certification as AWS preferred partner qualification. New Initiative Product/Service Owner – Develop major product and service offerings through the full product life cycle: analyze the opportunities, establish the business case and model, define the requirements, partner on the development, identify and evangelize the go-to-market strategy and maintain the product through and beyond launch. Product and Service Manager – Support existing products and services as they are adopted by partners and customers. Facilitate the enhancment of capabilities and partner in maintenance activities including end-of-life parts, regulatory changes, issues in operation, etc. Customer/Partner Solution Driver – Facilitate the value-added manufacturer, developer and service provider creation of Iridium-inside products and services to ensure the best possible outcomes for their solutions. Partner with the channel management and LOB teams to orchestrate the partner development path through the Iridium processes. Notable initiative: Initiated, drove, and implemented Iridium CloudConnect as the first cloud native satellite connector service for IoT. Followed on by serving as PLM lead for Iridium Messaging Transport for Iridium’s next generation IoT protocol and native cloud delivery.

Education

• University of Pretoria

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Bio-engineering/Human Factors

  1992 — 1994

• The University of Texas at Austin

  MSE, Engineering Management

  2009 — 2010

• University of Pretoria

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electronics Engineering

  1988 — 1991

Skills

• Sdlc
• Team Building
• Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• .net
• Software Development
• Embedded Systems
• Process Improvement
• Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Project Management
• Electronics
• Product Development
• Manufacturing
• Automation
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Analysis
• Program Management
• Technical Writing
• Engineering
• Integration
• Cloud Computing
• Leadership
• Training
• Competitive Analysis
• Team Leadership